Genesee Fyfe & Drum Beer | Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.

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Reviews by jwhancher:

Cool little bomber bottles. Drank this one from the bottle because it plain deserves it. With a twist of the cap, a nice little "pop" rings out. Smells of cooked corn & sweet pilsner malt. Probably some adjuncts in there. Hello corn? Hello rice?

Tastes like how any average type lager would. Fizzy yellow stuff, here I come. Seems to have a weird metallic tinge to it. Strange considering it's a bottled beer. Best drank cold.

Feels light. Would make for an excellent lawnmower beer on a hot summer day.

Overall, an average beer. Don't drink this one for taste but for the cool short & stout bomber bottles they're packaged in. Go ahead - I dare you tell me you've never drank a beer just for the packaging.

More User Reviews:

These stubby bottles came in a case for under 20 bucks a case, this label is as retro as it gets, was it a real beer in the past? Pours bright golden body with a thick white head forming thick cloudy with texture and froth...this is not your average fizzy yellow beer. Again I smell cereal grains and actual hop character, clean notes of malts blended with a nice bread like character. Flavor of the beer is excellent, clean filled with cereal grains, the type of beer I could literally drink without any effort and not have to think about. Cereal grains, malts, bready clean finsih, with herbal hops flowing excellent stuff here. Mouthfeel is straight forward with ample carbonation. Doesn't leave my palate wanting anything else, this is excellent drinkable beer. Overall, an impressive feat from Genesee showing what great brews the former High Falls in upstate NY is capable of. Solid drinking beer your grandpa will enjoy this with you.

OK, I'll admit that I was taken with the packaging of the Fall Heritage Collection with its stubby bottles and everything, but I mainly just wanted to try the Fyfe & Drum. I used to love the 12 Horse back in my college years, and the Red Lager isn't bad, but I've always been intrigued by antiquated brands.

So, is this the Fyfe & Drum that once was? I know that the cans used to read "EXTRA LYTE" on their lids, and this doesn't seem extra 'light' to me (or was that a different version of the beer - I've also seen cans that read "Extra lyte" at the bottom of the fron label). In any case, it's fairly golden in color, and it's got a solid maltiness to it. I'd call it full and sweet. But maybe a lot of beers were fuller back then (1960's), but I doubt it. Maybe they were referring to the bitterness? It is pretty light, and it borders upon becoming sweet. I don't know. The only other thing I notice about it that separates it at all from a general mainstream lager is that there's a kind of fruitiness to it. I'm not sure if that's from fermentation, or perhaps hops. If it was introduced in 1963 I'd imaging that they were using Cluster hops at the time but who knows what they're using now.

Overall, a charming beer that's very straightforward and basic. It's sweetish but with a nice malt character, clean, and super easy to drink.

A-pours a clear golden color with a white head with pretty decent retention
S-sweet malt, no hop aroma
T-lots of sweet malt with a bit of bitterness and a clean finish
M-medium bodied, lots of carbonation
O-straight forward and clean. Not exceptional but highly drinkable

Thanks to Eric for gifting me with a bottle of this. 12oz grenade style bottle into a pint. The brew pours a clear pale golden with 2 fingers creamy off-white head. Decent retention that leaves patchy to webby lace as it fades.

The first thing that comes to mind when you smell this beer is: corny. It is sweet in tge nose with sulfur and minerals with hints of grass and buttery to toffee character that melds the corn into the minerals. The nose isnt off-putting or horrible but it isnt that good either.

The taste is sweet with a flavoring of corn or something similar just like the aroma led on. A faint hint of toffee and caramel grain give way to a buttery diacetyl inclusion. Some sulfur and minerals with a hint of herbs and carbonic quality round out the rest of the profile.

This is a medium bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. It is somewhat crisp with no alcohol impact. However the buttery corn notes make this awkward but if you drank it freezing cold, id imagine it would be pretty neutral and get the job done. I would pass on this in the future.